Alexander of Rome

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Reliquary in the Ottobeuren monastery

Alexander of Rome (* 2nd century in Rome ; † 165 ibid) was a Roman martyr . The Catholic feast day is 10. July , the Orthodox of May 13 .

Life

According to tradition, Alexander was one of seven sons of the martyr Felicitas . According to other traditions under Emperor Antoninus Pius , he, his brothers Januaris, Felix, Martialis, Philippus, Silvanus and Vitalis were tortured to death in front of their mother during the reign of Mark Aurel . Then Felicitas was also killed and buried in the catacomb of Maximus on the Via Salaria ; her feast day is November 23rd.

Transfer of relics

Bronze sculpture to commemorate the transfer of the remains of St. Alexander to Wildeshausen in front of the Wildeshausen town hall

In the winter of 850/851, at the instigation of Waltbraht or Waltbert , Count im Lerigau and grandson of the Saxon leader Widukind , relics of St. Alexander are said to have been brought to Wildeshausen in the east of his Gaus (south of Bremen ), where Waltbraht had founded a canonical monastery . This transfer was related to numerous other reliquary translations of the time that were intended to support the Sachsenmission . The translation legend De miraculis sancti Alexandri reports on the transmission and the miracles accompanying it .

In the 12th century , Alexander relics came to Neuwerk near Halle and the Ottobeuren imperial abbey . Two Wildeshauser Arm reliquaries from the first third of the 13th century are now in St. Georg in Vechta .

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Remarks

  1. ↑ not to be confused with the Roman bishop Alexander
personal data
SURNAME Alexander of Rome
BRIEF DESCRIPTION roman martyr
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd century
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH 165
Place of death Rome